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Earthshaking events are usually dramatic enough that they don’t need hyperbolic adjectives or nouns to underscore the drama.

Deputy ME Matt Murray issued a staff reminder to watch out for such hyping:

We have had too many moments lately of slipping into “unprecedented,” “record-breaking” events, and we’ve also been “stunned” a lot, as well as “jolted.” Companies aren’t just holding talks but “secret” talks, and by the way sometimes they aren’t companies but “behemoths” and “titans.” Every disagreement is “increasingly tense” and “increasingly fraught.” … Read More »